Roundtable Discussion: Retrofitting Suburbia for Walkability
One of the biggest obstacles to retrofitting suburbia with more walkable environments is passionate local opposition to change.
A collection of Greater Greater Washington contributors gathered online to discuss ideas for walkability in suburban settings to commemorate the release of a new book, Suburban Remix, by Jason Beske and David Dixon.
The discussion focuses on Prince George's County, specifically about the difficulties of overcoming voal local opponents to change. The discussion ranges from framing the conversation about development in terms of safety, focusing on areas where change is possible (potentially by taking other areas out of the redevelopment discussion), finding middle ground, zoning, and historic preservation.
Published on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 in
Topics
- Book Review: The Divided City, by Alan Mallach
- What If Zoning Codes Were Dynamic?
- Who Should Pay for Transportation Infrastructure and Services?
- Why Scooters Succeed Where Segways Failed
- 'World's Smartest Intersection' Debuts in Detroit
- Chicago's New Train to O'Hare Won't Be a Train—It's Elon Musk's 'Loop'
- Looking for the Causes of Suburban Poverty
- Regional Plan Association Recommends Closing One Airport, Expanding Others Near New York
- The Massive Significance of Ford's Move into Detroit's Abandoned Michigan Central Depot
- A California City Approves its First-Ever Apartment Building
- Interactive Maps Explore Barriers to Opportunity
- Op-Ed: Downtown Denver's Homogenous Renaissance
- The Ancient Roots of New Urbanism
- Expansion of Maryland Toll Lane Project Increases Cost Five-Fold to $1.1 Billion
- The Happy Jail
- Portland Installing 200 Sensors in the Name of Traffic Safety
- 26-Year-Old Civil Rights Complaint Finally Ends
- Industry Report: Regulations Add 30 Percent to Multi-Family Development Costs
- The Uses Of Urban Theory
- A Famous Former Planning Director and the 'War on Cars'
